tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10668080.post111769495372040288..comments2023-07-23T01:05:32.075+10:00Comments on over the page...: I have been wondering...Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06964691229955614154noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10668080.post-1117861026692052882005-06-04T14:57:00.000+10:002005-06-04T14:57:00.000+10:00I have been using my "driving around" time for me ...I have been using my "driving around" time for me to think about this nature/nurture stuff, and I am still no clearer.<BR/><BR/>I had a happy childhood with an artistic mother and a pratical father. I believe his practical streak makes me a craftswoman (something I am proud of), which obscures the fact I did not inherit my mother's artistic genes.<BR/><BR/>So then I go off down the "what is art and what is craft" line, and nature/nurture gets totally forgotten.<BR/><BR/>But basically I was brought up to value making things - my father was gardener ("I will have a hobby that makes money, not one that takes money" he would say, as his friends spent their money on motorbikes and boats). Because then I get led astray on "Is gardening a craft?" - answer - Yes.<BR/><BR/>But equally, Dad wasn't a fine craftsman - he was famous for never using a four inch nail where a six inch one would do. But he finished things.<BR/><BR/>My mother never did - it was the process, rather than the finished item, that was important for her. That is not me either. I finish things - or try to.<BR/><BR/>Gosh - you can go off in all sorts of directions in this stuff!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06205010291496207355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10668080.post-1117753622044941022005-06-03T09:07:00.000+10:002005-06-03T09:07:00.000+10:00I totally relate to your journal experience. I hav...I totally relate to your journal experience. I have always wanted to be a writer and sort of not been able to do it. Somehow this gives me an outlet...a day to day updating that somehow I feel someone might care about!Mary-Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05348665962345432914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10668080.post-1117747634390174762005-06-03T07:27:00.000+10:002005-06-03T07:27:00.000+10:00Thank you for the counter info Sharlee :) it is wo...Thank you for the counter info Sharlee :) it is working fine - just need some visitors! Try to kid myself I don't care if no one see it - but then why have I never managed to keep an ordinary diary?Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444352699222499640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10668080.post-1117714974737995972005-06-02T22:22:00.000+10:002005-06-02T22:22:00.000+10:00How do I get a stats counter? Would love to know i...How do I get a stats counter? Would love to know if anyone has read my blog :) but ... what if no one does? LOLJacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444352699222499640noreply@blogger.com